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Robert Southey blue plaque

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This blue commemorative plaque records: Robert Southey 1774 – 1843 Poet, historian, biographer and essayist, Poet Laureate 1813 – 1843 Lived here 1802 – 1803 'The only existing entire man of letters' Recorded plaque organisation: Bristol Civic Society.

From the Open Plaques record 58407

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